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administration did make a statement, we're not going to listen to him anymore. >> do you think that the administration made a mistake in having the president really not in action here? this is the first time, really unprecedented for him to have no bilateral meetings not with just our closest aallies, but morsi is here, this is a pivotal moment with egypt, he spoke to the united nations, all these meetings held by hillary clinton and not by the president of the united states. jon stewart interviewing king abdullah of jordan last night and posing that question. >> you were at the u.n. today. does anyone -- is there any discussion amongst world leaders about the american president not being available for face-to-face meetings? is that upsetting? >> not that i heard. everybody is there preparing for their speeches and side meetings with other leaders. that went an issue. >> we are, in fact, perhaps in some respects blowing this out of proportion is this. >> most likely probably. >> the king being diplomatic and polite. what about the fact that the president was not engaged here? >> wel
administration did make a statement, we're not going to listen to him anymore. >> do you think that the administration made a mistake in having the president really not in action here? this is the first time, really unprecedented for him to have no bilateral meetings not with just our closest aallies, but morsi is here, this is a pivotal moment with egypt, he spoke to the united nations, all these meetings held by hillary clinton and not by the president of the united states. jon stewart...
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joining me former ambassador dennis rob including iran in three administrations most recently the obama white house. he's a middle east diplomacy analyst for msnbc and with the washington institute. so dennis, what about the speech today and the criticism you've heard from dan senor that the president is communicating weakness and is almost taking the military threat off the table by privately communicating and signaling that we really, really don't want to go to war? >> well, i don't think he did that in today's speech. i don't think he personally has done it. he has made it clear the objective is prevention not containment, meaning we will prevent an iran from having nuclear weapons, not simply contain and live with it if it gets it. that has an implication if diplomacy fails. number two, there's been a dramatic buildup in terms of our military forces in the persian gulf. we have two carrier battle groups in the persian gulf. the question is, is iran under pressure to affect their behavior? obviously the president has succeeded in putting together a coalition that has put iran over en
joining me former ambassador dennis rob including iran in three administrations most recently the obama white house. he's a middle east diplomacy analyst for msnbc and with the washington institute. so dennis, what about the speech today and the criticism you've heard from dan senor that the president is communicating weakness and is almost taking the military threat off the table by privately communicating and signaling that we really, really don't want to go to war? >> well, i don't...
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mitt romney in bedford heights, ohio, outside of cleveland, amping up his criticism of the administration for not being tough enough in china. a trade issue in ohio which has suffer problems competition from ovseasutig n onth lest unemployment rates in the nation and where president obama has pulled ahead by double digits in some polls. we'll be right back. up next, iran's president addressing the general assembly here in new york today and emmy winning tv host singer andy willia died atis he in so missouri after a year long battle with bladder cancer. andy williams best known for his rendition ofmoivwh won for baes song in breakfast of tiffanies. launched the andy williams show in 1962, on the air until 1971 and continued as a yearly christmas special. he was a close friend of robert f. kennedy and hisife ethel. william sang at theat ye later he named his son after rfk. kerry kennedy said that williams was a generous and long term supporter of the rfk center. we will miss him. ronald reagan called williams a national treasure. he recorded 18 gold and tee platinum rords with hs incling "c
mitt romney in bedford heights, ohio, outside of cleveland, amping up his criticism of the administration for not being tough enough in china. a trade issue in ohio which has suffer problems competition from ovseasutig n onth lest unemployment rates in the nation and where president obama has pulled ahead by double digits in some polls. we'll be right back. up next, iran's president addressing the general assembly here in new york today and emmy winning tv host singer andy willia died atis he...